Cooperative learning is one active learning strategy that creates an opportunity for students to work together to acquire both cognitive and affective skills. However, observations of secondary classrooms reveal that ...

This comparative case study compared key elements of four all-girls schools that are committed to motivating females to pursue STEM majors and careers. The selected schools serve a demographic of girls from underserved ...

This narrative inquiry attempts to explore the researcher’s passion and connection to theatre arts education, the review of literature that supports the need for the study, her personal struggle to present significant ...

Studies show that teachers who have experienced inquiry are more likely to practice the inquiry method in their own classrooms (McDermott, 2007; Olson, 1995; Pereira, 2005; Windschitl, 2002). This study explores changes ...

The research in this thesis focuses on the experience of one administrator and two teachers in a magnet program with a global studies theme. The research methodology is narrative inquiry and strives to make meaning from ...

This study explored the relationship between teacher efficacy and professional learning communities. Specifically, this study utilized a mixed design encompassing quantitative and qualitative aspects of the professional ...

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) represent a concept that is growing in many parts of the United States. They are an attempt to create an environment in which teachers feel comfortable working together, sharing, ...

This study investigates barriers limiting successful access to higher education for high school graduates from low-income communities who have demonstrated aspirations for college and achieved a level of college-readiness. ...

This dissertation explores an alternative to the Technical Rationalist (Schön, 1983) approach to schooling, which has traditionally prevailed in the U.S. public schools. It examines theories of learning and creativity ...

Latino students in the United States are, statistically, the least likely demographic group to complete high school and go on to college. To combat the issue of Latino dropout rate, and its subsequent negative impact on ...

In the state of Texas, mandated testing has often led to mandated professional training for teachers and administrators. This has been particularly true for teachers working in low-income, high minority schools where ...

Education in schools should be available to all regardless of race, ethnicity, and gender. My personal experiences, along with the beliefs of society, have shaped the framework of this thesis, which focuses on the importance ...

Fridge, Lesli W. “ Exploring Characteristics of an Effective Elementary School with High-Needs Students in a Mid-Sized, Urban School District in Southeast Texas.” Doctor of Education Thesis, University of Houston, May ...

This paper is a self-study that researched women’s ways of knowing and female leadership. Through four episodes, my first year teaching story was shown to be, and defined as a cover story. I examined differences between ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of formative assessment, data collection and analysis, and focused instruction by comparing the reading achievement, as measured by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and ...

In the United States, the issue of teacher attrition and retention is particularly critical among early-career teachers. While the overall teacher attrition rate is at 8.0 percent (Keigher, 2010, p. 3), an estimated 46 ...

This qualitative study explores teacher professional development with an eye directed towards job-embedded professional development, specifically the enactment of differentiated instruction (DI) utilizing the services of ...

In today’s fast-paced world, it is important that adolescents develop a reading habit. This need to encourage adolescent readers to develop reading habits is underscored by the results of the Organisation for Economic ...